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We've never covered Brickworks before, a situation we just had to correct because it's such an interesting story. As the name suggests, it makes bricks, but that's not all. It has a successful investment arm and a strategic holding in Soul Pattinson (SOL), another big name in corporate Australia of which we'll initiate coverage soon.

In 1999/2000 the company grew net profit by 11.1%, to $40m on sales of $159.1m, up 33.5% on 1999's figure. In operational terms, the money was earned principally in Brickworks' clay products division (48.6% of revenue), then came the Soul Pattinson holding (...

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